Sask. privacy commissioner cautions health authority over use of ‘do not hire lists’ [Video]

Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner is taking aim at the province’s health authority over the use of “do not hire lists” among its recruiters.

In a report released on Friday, Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski called on the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) to fulfill the access to information request of a former staffer who sought to learn if they were included on its so-called do not hire list in the Swift Current area.

The applicant first made the request to the SHA in December, asking for copies of their HR and labour relations documents, whether they were included on the do not hire list in the former Cypress Health Region, and inquiring about the policies and work standards use by the SHA to determine whether to include someone on the list.

Kruzeniski says the SHA shared the labour relations documents and work standards for inclusion on what it calls the “cautionary hire list,” but would not disclose if the …